{{Short description|American baseball player (1885–1975)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Elmer Knetzer |position=Pitcher |image=Knetzer Met Museum card.jpg |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date=July 22, 1885 |birth_place=Carrick, Pennsylvania |death_date= October 3, 1975 |death_place= |debutleague = MLB |debutdate= September 11 |debutyear= 1909 |debutteam= Brooklyn Superbas |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=June 18 |finalyear=1917 |finalteam= Cincinnati Reds |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=69-69 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=3.15 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=535 |teams= * Brooklyn Superbas/Dodgers (1909–1912) * Pittsburgh Rebels (1914–1915) * Boston Braves (1916) * Cincinnati Reds (1916–1917) }} '''Elmer Ellsworth Knetzer''' (July 22, 1885 – October 3, 1975) was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1909 to 1917. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Rebels, Boston Braves, and Cincinnati Reds.
Knetzer pitched in the minor leagues through 1933, when he was 47 years old. He pitched in 19 games for the Springfield Chicks at age 47 and compiled a 7-7 record in 1933, his final season as a player and 16 years removed from his last major league appearance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=knetze002elm|title=Elmer Knetzer Minor & Independent Leagues Statistics|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=k/knetzel01|brm=knetze002elm}} * [https://cdm16014.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4014coll27/id/39/rec/28 Interview with baseball player Elmer Knetzer] (sound recording) by Eugene C. Murdock on Jan. 24, 1975, in Pittsburgh, Pa. (2 hr.). Available on Cleveland Public Library's Digital Gallery. *{{Find a Grave}}
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